Great Plains Drill Fitted With IH Markers
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When John Rathjen, Fort Calhoun, Neb., needed markers for his Great Plains Drill, he turned to his neighbor for help. "I looked across the road and saw an old IH drum planter sitting there, complete with markers. I asked if I could buy it and he said I could have it for free. Mounting the markers on my drill was a bit more difficult than finding them, however," he says.
"The drill had been modified by SI Distributing of Ohio to use a new seed meter system which allows me to easily plant different size bean seed. But because of an outside drive sprocket, the normal mounting place for the markers is covered up. I needed to weld on different mounting plates and make sure the markers wouldn't interfere with the gears during raising and lowering.
"The IH markers were designed to be automatically controlled, but I just control them manually from the tractor," he says.
"Though I got mine from an old drum planter, I'm sure many different types of markers would have fit the drill. It might take a bit of work, but after-market markers can cost upwards of $1,900."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup; John Rathjen, 6077 U.S. Hwy. 75, Fort Calhoun, Neb. 68023 (ph 402 468-5629).
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Great Plains Drill Fitted With IH Markers DRILLS Drills (42C) 28-1-35 When John Rathjen, Fort Calhoun, Neb., needed markers for his Great Plains Drill, he turned to his neighbor for help. "I looked across the road and saw an old IH drum planter sitting there, complete with markers. I asked if I could buy it and he said I could have it for free. Mounting the markers on my drill was a bit more difficult than finding them, however," he says.
"The drill had been modified by SI Distributing of Ohio to use a new seed meter system which allows me to easily plant different size bean seed. But because of an outside drive sprocket, the normal mounting place for the markers is covered up. I needed to weld on different mounting plates and make sure the markers wouldn't interfere with the gears during raising and lowering.
"The IH markers were designed to be automatically controlled, but I just control them manually from the tractor," he says.
"Though I got mine from an old drum planter, I'm sure many different types of markers would have fit the drill. It might take a bit of work, but after-market markers can cost upwards of $1,900."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup; John Rathjen, 6077 U.S. Hwy. 75, Fort Calhoun, Neb. 68023 (ph 402 468-5629).
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